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New England farm life is no success. Whatever questions 

 may have arisen in the | ast a^s to the profitableness of the 

 business, no lament has ever gone forth as to the ability, the 

 stamina and the character of the young men and women sent 

 forth from New England farms. They are scattered over 

 the world upon every land and in every clime, filling 

 positions in life with credit to themselves and honor to their 

 native land. They are the crowning glory of New England 

 agriculture. Ask one of these to point to ideal happiness, 

 and he will refer back to his early farm life, — his clays in 

 the public school, the old homestead, the unbroken semi- 

 circle, father, mother, brothers and sisters, — the ideal New 

 England family, gathered before the old open fireplace. A 

 distant look may take possession of his eye, and a tear drop 

 may trickle down his cheek at the thought. Out of respect 

 to that thought, let us leave him in his reverv. 



